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API 3200™ LC/MS/MS SYSTEM

API 3200™ LC/MS/MS SYSTEM

Reliability, reproducibility, and confidence in your data.

With an unmatched heritage of technological innovation

and dependability, the triple quadrupole API 3200™

System offers an attractive blend of performance,

throughput, and value.

High uptime, superior reproducibility, maximal productivityDesigned for high-throughput labs doing small molecule quantitation, the compact, affordable

API 3200™ System delivers best-in-class reliability and reproducibility over virtually all samples

encountered in environmental, food, clinical research, and pharmaceutical applications.

Like all of our industry-leading triple quadrupole and QTRAP® systems, the API 3200™ System platform features the Turbo V™ ion source

with plug-and-play probes that let you analyze an extended range of compounds over a wide range of flow rates. Patented Curtain Gas™

interface and LINAC® collision cell technologies provide superior ruggedness and selectivity for your most exacting quantitative analyses.

Powerful software, advanced automation features, and robust engineering increase your productivity, giving you the ability to routinely

analyze hundreds of samples – day after day, year after year.

• AbsoluteionizationInnovative Turbo V™ ion source efficiently

ionizes compounds and virtually eliminates cross-contamination,

even with large sample loads, for high-sensitivity quantitation

over a wide range of flow rates.

• SuperiorMS/MSperformancePatented, proven LINAC®

collision cell technology provides faster scan times. So you

can analyze more compounds per run, with no compromise in

sensitivity or mass spectral quality.

• MaximaluptimeProprietary Curtain Gas™ interface reduces

the need for routine maintenance and ensures maximal

productivity by protecting the interface region and quadrupole

analyzer from contamination.

• GreaterthroughputHigh-productivity software applications,

including automated methods development, enable unattended

operation and routine analysis of hundreds of samples per

day–every day.

• EaseofuseYou don’t have to be a mass spec expert to

achieve expert results. Advanced acquisition and processing

software completely automates setup and analysis.

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The API 3200™ System is backed by one of the world’s most

extensive service and support organizations. Our promise is to

help keep your lab up and running at maximal productivity.

Ruggedness and reproducibility of the API 3200™ system. Running more than 1,200

injections of carbamate insecticides extracted from soil samples over the 3.5 days, the

API 3200™ system exhibits exceptional stability with relative standard deviations of

3.6% for the response of the two carbamates.

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The API 3200™ LC/MS/MS System takes advantage of a number of proprietary mass spectrometry

innovations to deliver the performance required by demanding applications in regulated

environments–all at an excellent value.

An affordable benchtop platform built on premier technology

LINAC® Collision Cell

The patented LINAC® collision cell ensures maximal ion transfer

– free of crosstalk – from the interface to the detector in MS/MS

mode, allowing simultaneous multicomponent analyses. So you can

monitor more compounds and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM)

transitions without any appreciable loss in signal. LINAC® collision

cell technology also enables fast scanning, with uncompromised

performance in all modes of operation, including product ion,

precursor ion, and neutral loss scans.

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productivity by protecting the interface region and quadrupole

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Convenient “Plug and Play” Ion Sources

Rugged, reliable, and easily interchangeable ion sources are available

for a wide range of applications and flow rates to suit your analysis

needs. Rapid source changeover minimizes downtime and simplifies

routine maintenance. All connections are fully integrated into the

source housing There are no extra lines to attach – and no lost time.

The innovative Turbo V™ ion source efficiently ionizes compounds and

virtually eliminates cross-contamination, even with large sample

loads. Embedded ceramic heater technology and improved gas

dynamics contribute to the system’s low detection limits and enable

high-sensitivity quantitation over a wide flow range up to

3 mL/min. The quick-change ESI and APCI probes let you switch

between ionization modes in seconds.

The DuoSpray™Sourcecontains two separate inlets for ESI and

APCI probes, allowing the optimal ionization technique and

conditions for each compound during an LC run. It speeds up method

development while also increasing throughput and data quality.

The PhotoSpray®Source for atmospheric pressure photo-ionization

expands the range of compounds that can be analyzed, often at

higher sensitivities than ESI or APCI. The PhotoSpray® source can

ionize many compounds that are not easily ionized by ESI or APCI,

such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

The NanoSpray®III Source is an ultra low flow source designed

for minimal sample consumption and highest sensitivity at flow

rates from 50 nL/min to 2 μL/min. It is ideal for analyzing biological

samples such as peptides and proteins – even with very small sample

amounts. The source features easy tip and column replacement with

finger-tight fittings and a quick release spray assembly for simplified

maintenance and troubleshooting.

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A new generation of industry-trusted Analyst® software lets you configure, tune, acquire data,

explore, and quantitate with high confidence – even when working with complex matrices.

You can automatically create fully optimized methods for multiple compounds, quickly generate

new quantitation methods, and analyze and compare analytical results.

More reliable, more confident results from every experiment

Analyst® software also provides a comprehensive feature set for

GLP labs, including full support for 21 CFR Part 11 compliance.

It offers an easily administered, integrated security model that adapts

to the needs of your lab, and gives you added confidence in your

data. Powerful, automated add-on applications, such as Information

Dependent Acquisition (IDA) further extend the system’s data

acquisition and processing capabilities.

Impressive linearity over a wide dynamic range is demonstrated in this calibration

curve of five replicate injections at each concentration level of cyanazine, a triazine

herbicide. The excellent accuracy and percent coefficient of variation (%CV) illustrate

the consistent high-quality quantitative results achievable day after day with the

API 3200™ System.

Outstanding Inter- and Intra-day Quantitative Performance

In this way, a method can be developed on the API 3200™ System

and then transferred among other AB SCIEX platforms, such as

AB SCIEX 5500 Systems, providing extra flexibility for busy labs

looking to maximize output.

Simplified Cross-Platform Methods Transfer

Many labs employ multiple AB SCIEX triple quadrupole and

QTRAP® LC/MS/MS systems in their daily work. Because all of these

platforms use the same Analyst® software and Turbo V™ ion source,

method transfer is quick and easy–simply copy over the source

parameters, adjust compound-specific instrument parameters,

and start running.

To confirm the stability and reproducibility of the calibration and quantitative

performance of the API 3200™ System, three replicate injections of atrazine were run

at each concentration level to create the calibration curve above.

During the course of the four-day study, nine replicate injections were run at each

concentration level. The %CV and accuracy surpass the typical quantitative analysis

performance requirements and demonstrate the exceptional stability and reproducibility

of the API 3200™ System. Outstanding inter- and intra-day quantitative performance

makes rapid validation of your methods a certainty.

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